Frog and guard rail for railway-tracks.



A. M. TAYLOR.

BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1908.

994,214 Patented June 6, 1911.

JOHN W. THOMAS, OF AMABILLO, TEXAS.

FROG AND GUARD RAIL FOR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amarillo, in the county of Potter and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frog and Guard Rails for Railway-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in frog-and-guard-rails for railway-tracks, and my object is to provide a simple device of this character containing certain features of advantage hereinafter described.

In order that the invention may be fully understood reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section of the invention in operative position. Fig. 2, is a detail plan view of one of my frogand-guard-rails. Fig. 3, is a plan view of one of my frog and guard rails applied to a spring-frog.

1 and 2 designate main-line rails, and 3 and 4 designate branch-line rails.

5 designates the frog-point.

6 and 7 designate wing-rails communicating with rails 2 and 3, respectively, and located at opposite sides of the frog-point 5, to which they are secured by bolts 8, fillers 9 being interposed between said wingrails and the frog-point to leave space forthe passage of flanges on the wheels of passing trains.

10 and 11 designate guard-rails located adjacent rails 1 and 4, respectively. Guardrails 10 and 11 have segmental terminals 12 and 13, and semicircular ends 14 and 15 which latter have extensions 16 and 17 secured, respectively, against wing-rails 3 and 2 by bolts 18, fillers 19 being interposed between said extensions and the wing-rails, as shown in Fig. 1. Terminals 12 and 13 abut against the out-turned ends 20 and 21 of the wing-rails 3 and 2, respectively, to which they are removably secured by plates 22 and bolts 23.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, 1910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

Serial No. 582,558.

2 1 and 25 designate fillers interposed between frog-guard-rails 10 and 11 and rails 1 and l respectively, which are secured together by bolts 26 extending through the fillers.

By curving the ends of the guard-rails and having them engage the wing-rails and the line-rails, it is obvious that said rails will be reliably held in place and secured from spreading apart or moving toward each other, and by reinforcing the wingrails with extensions 16 and 17 said wingrails are protected from wearing and being broken by the car-wheels passing over the same, the extensions, in this respect, forming important features of the invention.

When my improved frog and guard rails applied to a spring-frog, as shown in Fig. 3, one of my improved rails is dispensed with to permit action of the spring-controlled wing-rail 2 during the passage of a train.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In combination with the line and wing rails of a frog, a frog-and-guard-rail curved at each end and provided with an extension adapted to lie against one of the wing rails, and means for securing said frog-and-guardrail to the line-and-wing-rails.

2. In combination with the line and wingrails of a frog, frog-and-guard-rails each curved at its ends and provided with an extension adapted to lie against a wing-rail,

each of said frog-and-guard-rails also hav- JOHN W. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

F. G. Fisonnn, E. C. LILLIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

